Medium
Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Tree — Python
Full explanation · Time O(n) · Space O(h)
# Time: O(n)
# Space: O(h)
class Solution(object):
# @param {TreeNode} root
# @param {TreeNode} p
# @param {TreeNode} q
# @return {TreeNode}
def lowestCommonAncestor(self, root, p, q):
if root in (None, p, q):
return root
left, right = [self.lowestCommonAncestor(child, p, q) \
for child in (root.left, root.right)]
# 1. If the current subtree contains both p and q,
# return their LCA.
# 2. If only one of them is in that subtree,
# return that one of them.
# 3. If neither of them is in that subtree,
# return the node of that subtree.
return root if left and right else left or right